Ministers dodge jail with last-minute ZiG200K repayment

Two Cabinet ministers narrowly avoided imprisonment after belatedly complying with a High Court order to repay over ZiG208,699 borrowed from government welfare funds without Treasury approval. The contempt proceedings exposed the casual looting of public resources by senior officials, only checked by judicial intervention. The episode underscores a culture of elite impunity that persists despite the administration’s anti-corruption rhetoric.